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'''H.M.S. ''Nith''''' was one of thirty-six destroyers of the [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|"River" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Nith''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s thirty-six [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|"River" class destroyers]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 350.</ref>
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On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the {{UK-DF|2}} arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.<ref>"Naval Appointments."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.</ref>
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In February 1908 ''Nith'' was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.</ref>
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''Nith'' was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 3 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia.  The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers {{UK-Natal}}, {{UK-Cochrane}}, {{UK-Minotaur}} and {{UK-1Achilles}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661.</ref>
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In March, 1910, ''Nith'' was part of the {{UK-DF|1}}, then part of the First Division, Home Fleet.
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In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|9}}, a [[Patrol Flotilla]] in Home and Atlantic Waters. 
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Upon the dissolution of 9 D.F. in August 1915, ''Nith'' was sent to the {{UK-DF|7}}, also a [[Patrol Flotilla]] in Home and Atlantic Waters.  In January, 1919, she was sent "temporarily" to the Nore to await her post-war fate.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Claude Baynard Evans|nick=Claude B. Evans|appt=27 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 350}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edwin Harold Edwards|nick=Edwin H. Edwards|appt=17 October, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 349}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Kenneth Cary Helyar|nick=Kenneth C. Helyar|appt=29 August, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 362}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Collins|nick=Charles J. Collins|appt=1 January, 1906|end=1 April, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}, R.N.R.|name=John Willits|nick=John Willits|appt=11 October, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 853}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilmot Stuart Nicholson|nick=Wilmot S. Nicholson|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 239.</ref>|end=10 July, 1906<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 239.</ref>|note=took ill}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=10 July, 1906<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 350}}|end=20 January, 1908<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|note=possibly ending later... illegible markings may be a later date}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=7 February, 1908<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 340.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 350}}|end=c. early 1910<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 340.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 350}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=10 February, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=25 August, 1910<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Wilbraham John Howard|nick=Charles W. J. Howard|appt=24 August, 1910|end=14 February, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert William Wyld|nick=Herbert W. Wyld|appt=14 February, 1911<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 350}}|end=31 October, 1911<ref>Wyld Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/51.|D7603758}} f. 256.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Owen Tudor Hood Phillips|nick=Owen T. H. Phillips|appt=31 October, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 349}}|end=16 November, 1912}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant & Commander|name=Claude Baynard Evans|nick=Claude B. Evans|appt=27 March, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 350}}|end=July, 1914|note=after a refit in Pembroke Dock{{NLMar13|p. 350}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=6 September, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|end=14 October, 1913<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}} (emergency)|name=Kenneth Cary Helyar|nick=Kenneth C. Helyar|appt=29 August, 1914<ref>Helyar Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/294.|D7605210}} f. 325.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''g''}}|end=18 December, 1915<ref>Helyar Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/294.|D7605210}} f. 325.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Langston Parnell|nick=Gerald L. Parnell|appt=7 February, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 395''y''}}|end=January, 1918|note=might be lent back to {{UK-Ness}} on 3 July, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=John Willits|nick=John Willits|appt=11 October, 1918<ref>Willits Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/14.|}} f. 14.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 853}}|end=3 January, 1919<ref>Willits Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/54/14.|}} f. 14.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 3 January 2022

H.M.S. Nith (1905)
Pendant Number: N.77 (1914)
D.27 (Sep 1915)
D.60 (Jan 1918)
H.78 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 5 May, 1904[4]
Launched: 7 Mar, 1905[5]
Completed: Oct, 1905[6]
Commissioned: Oct, 1905[7]
Broken up: 1919[8]

H.M.S. Nith was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

On 14 January 1907, she and seven other "River" and "30 knotter" T.B.D.s. of the Second Destroyer Flotilla arrived in Portsmouth from Sheerness.[9]

In February 1908 Nith was one of seven "Rivers" of the Nore Destroyer Flotilla taken into Sheerness Dockyard for refitting, during which time three 12-pdr guns were mounted in lieu of five 6-pdrs, which were deemed too light to be useful.[10]

Nith was detached from the Eastern Destroyer Group at Harwich as part of one of two divisions of "River" class destroyers sent on 3 June 1908 to escort the King and Queen on a visit to Russia. The muscle in this escort was to be the cruisers Natal, Cochrane, Minotaur and Achilles.[11]

In March, 1910, Nith was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, then part of the First Division, Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters.

Upon the dissolution of 9 D.F. in August 1915, Nith was sent to the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, also a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters. In January, 1919, she was sent "temporarily" to the Nore to await her post-war fate.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  9. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 09, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40416.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 03, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38559.
  11. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 01, 1908; pg. 7; Issue 38661.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 349.
  13. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  14. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
  15. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 350.
  17. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  18. ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 350.
  20. ↑ Dumaresq Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 340.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 350.
  22. ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  23. ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  24. ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 350.
  26. ↑ Wyld Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/51. f. 256.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 349.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  30. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  31. ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  32. ↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396g.
  34. ↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395y.
  36. ↑ Willits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/14. f. 14.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 853.
  38. ↑ Willits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/14. f. 14.

Bibliography


River Class Destroyer
Erne Ettrick Exe Ribble Teviot
Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
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  Rother Stour Test  
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